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Pop Shell vs Tiling Assistant: catalog facts
Pop Shell	Tiling Assistant
Best for: GNOME users who want keyboard-driven auto-tiling without leaving GNOME	Best for: GNOME users who want Windows-style window snapping
Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub by System76.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux
Automatic tiling inside a regular GNOME session Keyboard-driven window navigation All 3 strengths for Pop Shell Automatic tiling inside a regular GNOME session Keyboard-driven window navigation Backed by System76 and shipped with Pop!_OS	Windows-style snap assist on GNOME Extends GNOME's two-column tiling with more layouts All 3 strengths for Tiling Assistant Windows-style snap assist on GNOME Extends GNOME's two-column tiling with more layouts Actively maintained under the Ubuntu organisation
Works only with GNOME Shell Development follows the GNOME version used by Pop!_OS	Works only with GNOME Shell Extensions can break with new GNOME releases until updated
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Pop Shell github.com/pop-os/shell Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Tiling Assistant github.com/ubuntu/Tiling-Assistant Catalog checked September 24, 2026

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